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Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast
Care to share the good info and spare us his talking?
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Everything under "Why no turbo" and "Throttle Response"
Cost/Complexity - Ascent already has turbo. Is not complex. Nearly same MSRP. (Less than the cost of an aftermarket kit) All the parts are there already. Keep the compression the same if not drop it half a point and run a turbo.
Higher CG Because of bottom mount turbo. - Assumption 100%
Who is to say they couldn't mount it in front of the engine like so many kits do already. Even if they did bottom mount, I doubt the change would be drastic.
Weight gain - 100lbs??? What kind of giant ass turbo is he thinking of?
50-70 maybe, even at his overestimated 100 that is still minuscule in the big picture. Most of that weight could easily be offset by losing heated seats and stuff like that.
Throttle Response - Maybe with that big ass turbo he's thinking about.
But with a small responsive modern turbo all of those arguments don't hold up.
His engine/wtq analysis - Beside being assumption again and the arbitrary use of 60mph in 2nd gear.
There is zero reason the Ascent engine couldn't be made to rev to the same redline as the BRZ.
With those numbers made equal the BRZ makes 2,555 lb-ft, the difference is 20% in the other direction.
(Real numbers are closer to 18.5% for his numbers and 22.222222 for mine.)
Even if I drop the peak Tq down to a more reasonable 250 considering the high comp and reliability, the BRZ still has 12% more.